Review - The 7-Step Process

• Step 1: Prepare – Proper heart• Step 2: Ignite – Time with Christ, time

with disciples; Power of God through Christ; Attributes of God

• Step 3: Fuel – “teachable moments”• Step 4: Protect – heed warnings; pray• Step 5: Use – look for opportunities• Step 6: Spread – a way of life• Step 7: Tend – continuous, lifelong

process

Finding Our Starting Point

• Honest self-examination– 2 Cor. 13:5–How can we know if we are “in the

faith”?–How can we know if “Christ is in

us”?–What is the fuel for our zeal?–What is necessary to have the

proper zeal?

Finding Our Starting Point

• What must be present before honest self-examination?– Lk. 5:1-11–Does God want just “functional”

Christians?–We must first be stripped down to

our must humble state.

Finding Our Starting Point

• What happens when we humble ourselves?– Lk. 5:10– Jas. 4:6-10– 1 Pet. 5:5-7

• How do we develop the humility that leads to proper self-examination?– 1 Cor. 6:9-11– Lk. 17:7-10